HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 000378 SIPDIS SIPDIS PLEASE PASS TO SEPSTEIN, NEA-I E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL IZ SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR HASAN ¶1. This is an action request. ¶2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. ¶3. The names of the proposed candidates are as follows: NAME: Hasan Ali Mohammed HASAN POSITION: Colonel, Iraqi Air Force DOB: December 20, 1965 TYPE OF TRAINING: Language Training TRAINING LOCATION: Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas DATES OF TRAINING: March 20 2008 to January 2, 2009 CROCKER